disgusting

Compared meaning: very unpleasant or disgusting (adjective).

比较义项：令人不快、令人厌恶的（形容词）。

• foul

  General, blunt word for something strongly unpleasant — smell, taste, weather, language, or a mood; common in everyday speech, not tied to one domain.

  语气直白、用法通用的词，形容气味、味道、天气、语言或情绪等各种令人不快的事物；日常口语中常用，不局限于某一特定领域。

  It was such foul weather that the football match had to be postponed.

  天气恶劣到连足球比赛都不得不推迟了。

• rank

  Specifically describes a strong, sickening smell — often organic decay such as rotting food, sweat, or mildew; more literary and old-fashioned, never used for behavior.

  专指刺鼻、令人作呕的强烈气味，常形容腐烂食物、汗味、霉味等有机物的臭味；用词偏文学化、略显老式，不用于形容行为。

  The cellar had a rank smell of mildew that made her wrinkle her nose.

  地窖里弥漫着一股霉味般的恶臭，熏得她皱起了鼻子。

• offensive

  Describes words, jokes, images, or behavior that insult or upset people's feelings, especially about race, religion, or dignity; never describes a smell or the weather.

  形容侮辱或伤害他人感情的言语、笑话、图像或行为，尤其涉及种族、宗教或尊严方面；从不用来形容气味或天气。

  Several employees complained that the joke was offensive and asked HR to intervene.

  几名员工抱怨这个笑话很冒犯人，要求人力资源部门介入处理。

• disgusting 本词

  Strong, general word for something that provokes revulsion — can be a smell, taste, sight, or someone's behavior; more emotionally intense and informal than the others.

  语气强烈、用法宽泛的词，形容让人产生强烈反感情绪的事物——可以是气味、味道、景象，也可以是某人的行为；比其他几个词更情绪化、更口语化。

  The bathroom was left in a disgusting state after the party, with rubbish everywhere.

  派对结束后，浴室被弄得脏乱恶心，到处都是垃圾。

Foul, rank, offensive, and disgusting can all describe something very unpleasant, but the focus differs. Foul is a general word for smell, weather, or language. Rank means a strong, sickening smell. Offensive means words or behavior that insult people. Disgusting is the strongest, general word.

这几个词都能表达强烈的负面感受，但侧重点和常见搭配不同：foul 泛指各种令人不快的事物（气味、天气、语言、情绪等），语气直白通俗；rank 专指刺鼻的恶臭，用法偏文学化，只用于气味；offensive 侧重言语或行为冒犯他人的感受，不涉及气味；disgusting 语气最强，泛指让人产生生理或心理反感的一切事物。foul 另有体育比赛中“犯规”的名词/动词用法，rank 另有“等级、排名”的名词/动词用法，这两个义项本卡片不作比较。